Hot Springs of Mizugami
- Date:
- 1960
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The hot springs of Mizugami — a thermal spa town — are rendered in Hiratsuka's landscape woodblock style, the steam-heated architecture of the onsen district captured with his characteristic structural directness. The 1960 print belongs to his postwar documentation of Japan's resort and spa towns, places where natural and built environments merge around the geological gift of geothermal water.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hot Springs of Mizugami was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1960.
Hot Springs of Mizugami depicts landscapes and architecture.